Overweight
or obesity means excessive fats stored in your body. If you are 10-20% in
excess of your Ideal Body Weight (IBW), you are overweight, while 30% or more
is termed obesity. Body Mass Index (BMI) is another measurement used to
classify overweight and obesity. A woman’s BMI should be between 20 to25 with
men between 18.7 and 23.8. Anything above this is overweight and a BMI of 30 or
more is obesity. Studies conclusively show that, the higher the BMI, the higher
the prevalence of cholesterol, blood sugar and blood pressure problems… leading
to heart disease, impotency, cancer and other complications.